Also Known As:
Ladino, Dolomite, Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic
Dialects & Varieties
- Livinallese
- Nones
- Marebbano
- Badiotto
- Gardenese
- Cadorino
- Ampezzano
- Fassano
- Atesino
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
38,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Some children learn it but stop using it at school age."
Location and Context
Countries
USA; Italy;
Location Description
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Government Support
No results found.
Institutional Support
Taught in primary schools
Speakers' Attitude
Positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Italian, German
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
Latin
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
"Written since 1800 in Italy."
Recent Resources
"The Istituto Ladin de la Dolomites is the ladino culture institute of the Province of Belluno, crea
This article from JTA, the Global Jewish News Source was printed on June 9, 2015.